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April 2, 2005
Big Tomato, Sacratomato (Sacramento nicknames)

Big Tomato (summary)

Sacramento, California came in late to the act. "Big Tomato" and "Sacratomato" both probably date from the late 1970s, well after "Big Apple" and even "Big…

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